McMaster Archive

September 15, 2015

New Wilson Chair in Canadian History says it’s time for historians to join public dialogue

Influential Canadian historian Ian McKay has been appointed as McMaster University’s L.R. Wilson Chair in Canadian History, where he will make a priority of connecting historians to one another — and to all Canadians.

September 15, 2015

Universities have a ‘valuable role to play’ in city building

Stephen Huddart recently kicked off the Big Ideas, Better Cities series, a year-long series of events showcasing how McMaster research can help cities respond to 21st century challenges.

September 15, 2015

McMaster well-represented in 2015 Hamilton Gallery of Distinction

Seven outstanding citizens — including two with deep ties to McMaster, Mohit Bhandari and Terry Yates — have been named to the Hamilton Gallery of Distinction.  

September 14, 2015

Mark Pavlidis shares three valuable tips for student entrepreneurs

Mark Pavlidis — co-founder and CTO of Toronto-based tech startup Flixel and a McMaster engineering alumnus — will visit campus for Spectrum’s fall kickoff event on Tuesday, Sept. 15.

September 14, 2015

Five years later, students still ‘blown away’ by Lyons New Media Centre

Library staff and students gathered recently to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Lyons New Media Centre.

September 14, 2015

Science Literacy Week offers a wide range of fun, informative programming

View a lunar eclipse, learn the basics of cryptography, test your scientific knowledge and win! All this and more during Science Literacy Week, Sept. 21-27.

September 14, 2015

Master of Public Health: New program begins at McMaster

The program builds on the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics' renowned expertise in health policy analysis and health methodology research, and uses McMaster’s educational approach of small group, self-directed learning.

September 11, 2015

Across the generations: Watching history unfold

Fourth-year student Rotimi Fadiya reflects on the impact of financial support from McMaster alumni across the generations.

September 11, 2015

Humanities offers a little something for everyone on campus

Next time you’re scouring the course calendar looking for a unique class to expand your education, take a look at what the Faculty of Humanities is offering.

September 10, 2015

MMoA partners with Supercrawl to present the art of John Dickson

Dickson’s art will be installed at the corner of James Street North and Cannon Street, just outside of Hamilton Artists Inc., as part of the popular music and arts festival.  

September 10, 2015

Hoop dreams: Van Koughnett competing in international basketball tourney

Sean Van Koughnett — McMaster's associate vice-president, students and learning, and dean of students — is playing in the 2015 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Tour Master Competition.

September 10, 2015

Perspectives on Peace campaign to launch on campus

Perspectives on Peace is a campaign aimed at fostering creative dialogue around global issues with an emphasis on peace and conflict resolution, and will kick-off later this month.

September 9, 2015

Alyssa Lai, Terry Cooke to be honoured with Community Impact Awards

"McMaster is part of a larger community and ecosystem that make Hamilton a great place to be," says Alyssa Lai. "By staying involved, you find out where you belong and how you can contribute to your community."

September 9, 2015

World champion rower balancing engineering studies and sport

While many students break out of their shells in university, biochemical engineering student Karl Zimmermann has spent his time breaking world records.

September 9, 2015

McMaster travel award honours Queen’s historic reign

Thanks to alumnus Arnold Beale, McMaster students will benefit from a new international travel award, named in honour of Queen Elizabeth II.

September 8, 2015

McMaster’s Laurel Trainor inducted into Royal Society of Canada

The professor of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour and director of the McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind is one of 87 new Fellows elected from across Canada.

September 8, 2015

New to McMaster? Student Union president has advice for you

Join a club, hike to a waterfall, take a selfie with the senator - MSU president Ehima Osazuwa has lots of suggestions for new Marauders.

September 8, 2015

Ice dancer turned astrophysicist studies Milky Way’s mysterious dark matter

Gwendolyn Eadie is a graduate student whose eyes are on the skies.  

September 4, 2015

‘Fiery’ Bill Fowler mourned by friends and colleagues at McMaster

The legendary basketball coach was inducted as a builder into the McMaster Athletics Hall of Fame in 1993, and received honorary membership in the McMaster Alumni Association in 2002. He died Aug. 30 at age 85.

September 3, 2015

McMaster hires sexual violence response coordinator Meaghan Ross

Ross joins the University with more than six years’ experience in project management, including the coordination of a two-year project at McMaster entitled It's Time to End Violence Against Women on Campus.